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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN73AD040

1973-02-22 PUEBLO, Colorado, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N8476M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B

Year of manufacture

1979

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19801217

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB9D10

Registrant of record

MOYER RALPH E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N8476M Cessna A150K Fatal

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CESSNA A150K · N8476M

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

Personal/private

Airport

PUEBLO MEMORIAL

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

050° / 9 kt

Temp

45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000A15000176

Total time

1,702 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

70

Age

29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

DE APCH TO 7L PRIOR.TWR DIDNT WARN PLT ABOUT B-727

Investigator remarks

PLT CLRD TO LND RWY 7R,LINED UP WITH 7L.B-727 MA

Cause factors

64/C/27 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING Cause
84/C/1 C
MISCELLANEOUS VORTEX TURBULENCE Cause
68/L/G3 L
PERSONNEL FAILURE TO ADVISE OF OTHER TRAFFIC

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0754. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0754.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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